User Guide

Managing Servers Remotely 49
NetWare Remote Manager Administration Guide
103-000144-001
August 30, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
Shutting Down, Resetting, or Restarting the Server
Options for shutting down, resetting, or restarting your server are on the Down
Server Options page.
To access the Down Servers Options page, click the Down / Restart link in the
navigation frame.
To shut down, restart, or reset (warm boot) the server, click the applicable
action on the Down Servers Options page, and then confirm your choice.
Using any of these options makes the server shut down normally by writing
all cache buffers to disk, closing all files, updating the appropriate Directory
Entry and File Allocation Tables, exiting the network, and dismounting all
volumes.
WARNING: If volumes are not dismounted normally, data loss could occur.
Resetting the server makes the server shut down normally and then warm
boots the computer. To make the server load automatically after a RESET
command and allow access to the server from NetWare Remote Manager,
enter a line to run SERVER.EXE in the DOS AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
When the browser loses communication with NetWare Remote Manager, the
overall health status indicator will display black with an X through it. When
communication is re-established with the server, the normal health status will
again display the server’s status unless the accessibility options for manually
refreshing the server are enabled.
If this page is displayed after a DOWN, RESTART, or RESET command has
been issued to the server, you will be given the option to immediately restart
or reset the server. This will bypass the normal shutting down of the server and
allow you to immediately perform the selected operation.